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function in biological development

...of this kind, and their development may be characterized as “closed.” (There may be certain exceptions to this in very simple forms, such as flatworms, in which certain cells called
neoblasts seem able to participate in any type of development; these cells are usually scattered throughout the body, and the major developmental processes that bring into being the general form of...

regeneration of Platyhelminthes

There is evidence that a special type of cell, a
neoblast, is involved in planarian regeneration. Neoblasts, rich in ribonucleic acid (RNA), which plays an essential role in cell division, appear in great numbers during regeneration. Similar cells, apparently inactive, occur in the tissues of whole organisms (see also regeneration: Biological regeneration).